Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
317 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1306952726
$322.00
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$805.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$115.55 with Molina vs $3,824.24 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
?
Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molina | Apple Health | $115.55 | ↓ -64% |
| Coordinated Care | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -61% |
| WellPoint | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Apple Health | $124.79 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | Cascade Care | $363.98 | ↑ +13% |
| Ambetter | Coordinated Care Exchange | $410.20 | ↑ +27% |
| SCAN | MedAdvantage | $464.94 | ↑ +44% |
| Aetna | MedAdvantage | $478.89 | ↑ +49% |
| Regence | MedAdvantage | $478.89 | ↑ +49% |
| United Healthcare | MedAdvantage HMO | $483.54 | ↑ +50% |
| Molina | MedAdvantage | $488.19 | ↑ +52% |
| WellCare | MedAdvantage | $488.19 | ↑ +52% |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | MedAdvantage | $511.43 | ↑ +59% |
| First Choice | MHS Employee MCC/PPO | $519.95 | ↑ +61% |
| First Choice | First Choice PPO | $604.56 | ↑ +88% |
| First Choice | MCC Wellfound Employee | $604.56 | ↑ +88% |
| First Health | All Commercial Plans | $635.95 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | All Commercial Plans | $640.86 | ↑ +99% |
| Multiplan/PHCS | All Commercial Plans | $644.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Premera | HMO | $698.88 | ↑ +117% |
| Premera | Signature | $1,456.90 | ↑ +352% |
| Premera | Prime | $1,489.69 | ↑ +363% |
| Premera | Other Commercial Plans | $1,830.86 | ↑ +469% |
| Regence | MCC/AHN | $2,025.83 | ↑ +529% |
| Regence | Blue High Performance | $2,025.83 | ↑ +529% |
| Regence | RealValue | $2,083.71 | ↑ +547% |
| Regence | Commercial | $2,315.23 | ↑ +619% |
| Uniform Medical | All Commercial Plans | $2,342.21 | ↑ +627% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,733.17 | ↑ +749% |
| Kaiser | HMO/PPO | $2,934.20 | ↑ +811% |
| United Healthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,824.24 | ↑ +1088% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Medical Center | Tacoma | $339.52 | $738.08 – $1,015.09 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $322.00 | $116.13 – $1,951.35 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital | Chewelah | $191.80 | not published |
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $1,035.36 | $470.74 – $1,501.70 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $2,618.00 | $453.00 – $1,152.88 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $1,035.36 | $470.74 – $1,453.77 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $1,035.36 | $472.06 – $1,501.70 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | $960.00 | not published |